Cleaning implement



March 3-, 1931.

F. w. ADAMS CLEANING IMPLEMENT Filed March 12, 1929 Patented Mar. 3, 1931 warren STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK Y ADAMS, OF WEST I IARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE FULLER BRUSH CGMPANY, CF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT CLEANING rrar nmnnr Application filed March 12, 1929. Serial No. 346,392.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of cleanlng implement-s comprislng mops, brushes, and similar articles and an object of the invention, among others,

is the production of a simple and efficient means for securing handles to such articles.

One form of a cleaning implement embodying this invention, and in the construction and use of which, the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained,

is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a mop embody ing this invention.

Figure 2 is a detail view illustrating the manner of uniting the free ends of the core of the mop.

Figure 3 is an isometric view, scale enlarged, illustrating the bracket to which the handle connector is attached.

The invention illustrated and described herein may well be applied to many forms of cleaning implements, suchas mops and various kinds of brushes, and particularly, though not necessarily, such implements as embody a twisted wire core to which the mop or brush material is secured in the process of twisting, such a structure being shown herein in which the numeral 5 denotes mop material that may consist of cotton threads, these being secured to a twisted wire core '6 in a manner common to structures of this class, This core is disposed in the form of an enclosing frame, the shape herein illustrated being of oblong form with rounded corners, and the ends of the core are brought into proximity at one side of the frame and are extended or bent inwardly for engagement with an attaching bracket 7.

This bracket is made in the shape of a bow andcomprises branches 8 and a bow 9 of somewhat angular form. The bracket is preferably formed from sheet metal, the edges being overturned to provide agroove 10 extending along the outer surface of the edges and the bow, and lugs 11 are located on opposite sides The ends of the core 6 are bent to substantially the form of the bracket so that these bent ends will lie more or less in the groove of the center of the bow.

10. The lugs 11 are of a length to enable them to be bent over the ends 12 of the core, and as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, thereby securing the bracket 7 rigidly to the ends of the core.

Holes 18 are formed in the outer ends of v the bracket for the attachment of a handle thereto, in the particular structure shown herein this attachment comprising a spring connector 14 including branching arms having outturned ends to engage within said holes, and as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

In the use of mops of this kind it is very desirable that both sides of the mop may be used for dusting purposes, and by locating the pivotal attachment for the handle in the outer ends of the branches 8 of the bracket, the mop maybe readily turned to bring either side into contact with a floor or other surface being cleaned.

I claim:

1. A cleaning implement including cleaning material secured to a core in the form of an enclosing frame and with the opposite ends of said core extending inwardly of said frame, and a handle bracket secured to and supported by said ends, said bracket being of substantial U-shape and including branches joined at their inner ends with the separated ends projecting outwardly toward the margin of the frame and said branches having at their outer ends means for pivotal attachment of a handle thereto.

2. A cleaning implement including cleaning material secured to a core in the form of an enclosing frame and with the opposite ends of said core extending inwardly of said frame, and a handle bracket secured to and supported by said ends, said bracket being of 'the bow to receive the inwardly extending core ends and secure them in said grooves, and a handle pivotally attached to the free ends of said side branches.

3. A cleaning implement including cleaning material secured to a core in the form of an enclosing frame and With the opposite ends of said core extending inwardly of said frame, and a handle bracket secured to and sup-V .ported by said ends and including branches 7 joined at their inner ends, said bracket having the core ends attached to one end thereof Within the frame and a handle pivotally at- 10 tahedt0 the other and free ends of the bracket near theiinargin of the frame;

FRANK W. 

